Grasses are traditionally considered as wind pollinated, however, field observations confirmed frequent insect visits to grass flowers, suggesting insect pollination. Fruit and seed predators inflict heavy losses to cereals and millets during their growth, maturation and storage. The actual factors guiding insects and predators to grass flowers, fruits and seeds are not clear. Here, we report a...

Alpha-hydroxylic acids are widely used in the treatment and control of skin disorders. Azelaic acid is a naturally occuring Alpha-hydroxy acid that can be formed endogenously from long-chain dicardoxylic acids, metabolism of oleic acid or omega oxidation of mono carboxylic acids. It shows bacteriostatic and bactericidal activities against aerobic and anaerobic micro-organisms present on acne-be...

Thermal tolerance of acid-adapted Escherichia coli O157:H7 or Salmonella in ground beef was evaluated during storage at 4 degrees C or -20 degrees C. Both pathogens were adapted to acidic conditions (pH approximately 4.6) by growing in tryptic soy broth supplemented with 1% glucose. A five-strain cocktail of E. coli O157:H7 or Salmonella was grown separately in TSB (pH approximately 6.6) and TS...

a series of new 2-(phenylthio) benzoylaryl hydrazones were synthesized by acid-catalyzed condensation of hydrazide 3 with corresponding aldehydes. the chemical structures of the compounds were elucidated by ft-ir, 1h-nmr and mass spectra. all newly synthesized compounds were evaluated for their antimycobacterial activities against mycobacterium tuberculosis h37rv using the microplate alamar blu...

During the L-malate production through CO2-fixing process by Schizophylium commune, a blue coloration was seldom seen. When the coloration occurred within 6days after inoculation, the malate production was markedly reduced, and at the same time the sugar consumption was somewhate lowered. The more earlier the colora tion occurred, the more marked was the decrease of L-malate pro duciton. The ad...

Microgreens are an excellent source of health-maintaining compounds, and the accumulation of these compounds in plant tissues may be stimulated by exogenous stimuli. While light quality effects on green basil microgreens are known, the present paper aims at improving the quality of acyanic (green) and cyanic (red) basil microgreens with different ratios of LED blue and red illumination. Growth,...